AnswerID: 36006 Submitted: Sunday, Nov 02, 2003 at 22:57
Martyn (WA)
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Rich00,
If it's not falling on the floor it's going out of the pipe, can't go anywhere else. Do you have any evidence of oil on the back doors? Mudflaps
places like that, as mentioned the turbo might be a place to start. Depending on what the reciepts are for you would be surprised at what $7000 will buy you for a diesel, not a whole heap. If the engine wasn't loaded initially from the word go you could find that the bores are already glazed, not being nasty but how qualified was the guy who built the engine, you can spend all the money in the world but if it's not machined and assembled correctly you may as well throw the money on the barby. Why did he sell the fourby after such a short time after the rebuild?
I spent about $6500 and did all the work myself, subcontracted the machining out and the replacement of the liners etc but did the rest. After the rebuild I towed my camper trailer up some steep (ish) inclines to work the sucker in. When I sold my GQ last week after 20,000 klms on the new engine it wasn't using a drop unless really pushed.
Check the breather in the rocker cover this sometimes gets forgotten when doing an overhaul, you may be pressurising the oil out. Take the oil filler cap off with the engine running and see how much crankcase pressure you have, compression test is good, make sure you have a high pressure test gauge for this not one from a petrol engine, if it lets go you'll know about it. Keep the shiny side up
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